Category: Xinjiang

People Locked Down in Xinjiang Unable to Visit Hometowns for China’s National Day Holiday

Many people in China’s Xinjiang region can’t leave to visit their hometowns during the week-long “October First” holiday– the regime’s “National day” under its restrictive zero-COVID-19 control measures. Meanwhile, protests broke out against the indefinite lockdowns. Most of Xinjiang, which is in China’s northwest and home to an ethnic Uyghur majority, has now been under COVID-19…


CCP’s Official Diplomatic Statement Translation Can Be Misleading: Study

A new study shows that the official translation of communist China’s diplomatic statements may be sub-optimal and create misunderstandings, potentially leading to poor or even calamitous foreign policy responses. According to Corey Lee Bell, a project and research officer at the University of Technology Sydney’s Australia-China Relations Institute, The People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of…


Report: 22 Starved to Death in One Day in Xinjiang

At least 22 people died in a single day. With quarantine orders still locking down Xinjiang, locals blame the losses on lacking food and medical care. Chinese and U.S. foreign ministers met in New York for their first face-to-face talks since President Joe Biden said the United States would defend Taiwan against an invasion. Florida’s…


IPAC Alliance To Campaign Globally Against CCP on Human Rights Violations

Politicians from around the world have agreed to campaign worldwide for the imposition of sanctions on Chinese human rights abusers under a multinational plan. The decision is part of the latest plan of action in response to the behaviour of Beijing from the global Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), which held its annual summit in…


Under COVID-19 Lockdown, Xinjiang Residents Complain of Hunger

BEIJING—Residents of a city in China’s far western Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines, and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown. Hundreds of posts from Ghulja riveted users of Chinese social media last week, with residents sharing videos of empty refrigerators, feverish…


Human Rights Watch Urges Australia to Act on CCP’s Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang

An advocacy group is calling on the Australian government to sanction Chinese officials for human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region. Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international non-governmental organization that works to raise awareness of human rights abuses globally, published an article on Sept. 13, urging the Australian government to “take firm action” against the…


Chinese YouTuber Twin Sisters Call For Family to Be Rleased From Chinese Prison

What do you think of when you see a pair of twin sisters in their 20s, who are popular YouTubers making entertainment videos? Beauty, youth, fame? These are some labels frequently associated with Huang Doudou and Huang Guoguo, who’re originally from the central Anhui Province in China and now reside in Sydney, Australia. The twin…


Chinese YouTuber Twin Sisters Call For Family to Be Released From Chinese Prison

What do you think of when you see a pair of twin sisters in their 20s, who are popular YouTubers making entertainment videos? Beauty, youth, fame? These are some labels frequently associated with Huang Doudou and Huang Guoguo, who’re originally from the central Anhui Province in China and now reside in Sydney, Australia. The twin…


Toddler Dies Amid Strict COVID Lockdown in China’s Xinjiang, Netizens Blast Authorities

The tragic death of a 17-month-old boy in Yining city last month has caused outrage on Chinese social media. The boy’s father accused the local hospitals of negligence, and netizens criticized authorities for their strict COVID-19 lockdowns. Yining—a city in China’s western Xinjiang region—had been under complete lockdown since July 30, when authorities reported 10 asymptomatic…


UN Report on Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang Is a Clarion Call to Action

Commentary On Aug. 31, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a highly anticipated report on the ongoing human rights violations and abuses targeting Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang, China. Released within the final minutes of Michelle Bachelet’s term as U.N. High Commissioner for…